Running list: Coming Signs of the Apocalypse.

(1) The Election of the Governator: Ah-nuld. Seriously.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3173276.stm; http://www.governor.ca.gov/state/govsite/gov_homepage.jsp

(2) The Curse Reversed: The Red Sox Win the World Series 2004
Now that New Englanders are out of things to complain about, what will they do? Maybe they will take up the great Purple State debate (see #6 below)
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/28/yes/;
http://www.redsoxconnection.com/wristband.html; http://www.redsoxconnection.com/soxmastercard.wmv; http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/fallclassic/columns/story?id=1907279

(3) "The Apprentice: The Musical" - Music and lyrics by Mark Burnett (yes, that same Mark Burnett that taught viewers the world over the pleasure of watching 7 stinky people trapped on an remote island - with a multitude of film crews - eating rats and liking it).
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15735,00.html?tnews;
http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/the_apprentice_3/2005_Jan_18_musical

(4) Britney Federline & Her Manifesto: Who knew we all could have saved the 4 years and the 6 figures spent on college, and just invested $8.95 on some stationery instead. No cool sweatshirt for Mom & Dad though.
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15164,00.html

(5) These People are World Famous (and I can't even get a date?):
Oh Ashlee, Hillary, Lindsay, Paris, Mary-Kate, Ashley (another one), Jimmy and William. You only begin to scratch the surface. Which is probably good, because one of you would likely spring a leak.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/06/entertainment/main665240.shtml;
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/26/131706.php;
http://www.who2.com/parishilton.html;
http://archive.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/11/12/paris/index_np.html;
http://www.methodshop.com/movies/articles/paris/index.shtml;
http://drunkreport.com/reports/duff_vs_lohan.htm;
http://www.williamhung.net/;
http://www.marykateandashley.com/
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E23149%257E2504807,00.html
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/CastGuide/showid-4287/The_Real_World/

(6) Red State, Blue State: Queer Eye for the Purple (Yellow, or CGI) Guy
Conservatives Have Too Much Time on Their Hands, But Then Again, So Do Liberals. All of them are watching entirely too much children's entertainment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/politics/20sponge.html?8hpib;
http://www.americanwasteland.com/tinkywinky.html;
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/televangelists/jerry-falwell/;
http://www.au.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr010=9fpbdna771.app7b&abbr=pr&page=NewsArticle&id=6222&news_iv_ctrl=1483;